A virus causes the deadly disease known as rabies. The virus attacks the nervous system and the brain of mammals. There is good news though because you can protect your pets against rabies. All you have to do is update your pet’s vaccinations with the help of your veterinarian.
Pets could get infected with rabies if they make contact with an infected animal’s saliva, typically through bites. Typical rabid animals are foxes, skunks, raccoons, and bats.
After the rabies virus gets inside the animal’s body, it will travel up to the brain, attacking the nervous system. Depending on which part of the body an animal is bitten, clinical symptoms of rabies could take 3 to 12 weeks (or longer) before they manifest, as opposed to immediately, which is what most people think. But once symptoms start, they are very much obvious and sudden.
After the infection happens, there are no treatments or medications that your veterinarian could administer. Vaccinating your pet against rabies is the only way of saving your pet and preventing the infection, to begin with.
Call your veterinary hospital Gresham, OR to make sure that your pet’s preventatives and vaccinations are up to date before taking your pet on outdoor excursions.
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